Kris’s Comments (group member since Apr 05, 2013)

Kris’s comments from the What's the Name of That Book??? group.

One Goodreads reviewer describes The Ancient Machine (book 2 of the Georgie Tanner series) by Justyn Walker:

- "Georgie Tanner lives in an orphanage. Her one and only friend, Thomas, manages to get trapped with her in a puddle that takes them both to the ‘fair land of Allegoria,’ a name which struck fear into my heart at first. There are centaurs and talking animals and walking trees and an unhappy dragon.
... The children invariably find they have been enrolled at the castle school which offers everything from Sword-Fighting to Dungeon-Keeping and, in the spirit of free and universal education for all, offers special courses for peasant children in useful arts such as Muck-raking.
... The Daredevils – a group of entertainers in The Ancient Machine – are so far and away the best characters that it’s a pity they didn’t get more play time and that they only appeared in the single book. Although each book does feature a special group of talking animals, the Daredevils are a combination of cultivated insouciance and slap-stick humour that actually is funny."
- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Google Books preview of Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell - Allison's suggestion:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Kirkus Review:

- "Teen fills a bucket list. The problem is, it belongs to a dead girl.
Detention is a second home for loner Rebecca, aptly nicknamed Rebel Blue, but it’s the first time for the straight and narrow Kennedy Green. (The irony of their names is not lost in the story.) The guidance counselor asks the detainees to create a list of accomplishments they’d like to attain, and the two mismatched teens briefly bond. When Kennedy ends up mysteriously dead, Rebel feels compelled to complete the charitable girl’s bucket list, especially when it won’t disappear. Can the edgy teen who lost her photographer mother, has never known her father, and feels disconnected from her aunt, uncle, popular cousin..."

Jeneane, around what year did you start to read this book?

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Michelle, what's the genre (which we need to add to the topic header) - e.g., adult romance, thriller, mystery, etc.?

What is her job at the bar?

What has her thesis/ speech about?

Around what year did you read this book?

Youtube has a read-aloud video of Sun and Moon by Marcus Pfister - Rainbowheart's suggestion:

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn8IK...

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Google Books preview of Spirit Fox by Mickey Zucker Reichert - Becca and SBC's suggestion:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Amazon's preview of Pivot Point by Kasie West - Allison's suggestion:

- https://www.amazon.com/Pivot-Point-Ka...

Kirkus Review:

- "Clairvoyant Addison Coleman must choose between two futures and two love interests.
Addie has the ability to see potential futures. Her powers are very specific: She can only see her own futures and only what will happen if she makes a decision. When her parents decide to divorce, her father drops a bombshell on her—he intends to leave the secret community that is home to the paranormal and live among the normal people. In order to decide whom she will live with, Addie performs a Search that, in alternating chapters, reveals Addie’s two possible futures..."

Google Books preview of The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll - Genesistrine's suggestion:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
- There are different cover images.

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Dorthe, what is the story's location/ country?

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Caroline, around what year did you read this book?

What caused the train accident/ collision/ etc.?

How does she become a maid? Does she have amnesia?

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Bill, I copied some book details to the topic header. Feel free to edit it.

What's the genre (which we need to add to the header) - e.g., adult romance, mystery, thriller, etc.?

Story's location?

Andrea, I copied some book details to the topic header. Let us know if there are spoilers in the new header. Feel free to edit it.

Diana, how far into the book do you learn the boy died of a food allergy?

Google Books previews of Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren Henderson - Rainbowheart's suggestion:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...

Google Books short preview of The Kingdom by the Sea by Robert Westall - Becca's suggestion:

- https://www.google.com/books/edition/...
- There are different cover images.

Kirkus Review with Spoilers:

- "Harry Baguely has just made it to the bomb shelter when a Luftwaffe bomb obliterates his home, parents, and little sister. Horrified by their fate and by the prospect of going to live in a cousin's overcrowded flat, Harry takes the blankets he was carrying at the time of the blast and a briefcase containing family documents and sets off up the coast north of his home near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, accompanied by Don, a stray dog. Like the dauntless puss in Blitzcat (1989), Harry encounters a variety of people who reveal their characters by their manner of enduring the war. A wrathful farmer violently evicts him from a haystack..."

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- Vijay

Thanks Ky.

Glad you found your book, Rhiannon.

I copied some plot details to the topic header, as an example of the information we need at the top of the page.

Note: Grace (OP, original poster) was last active on the site in April 2022.

Eva, please note that our group discussions (and topic headers) are in English only. Also, we're happy to help people search for non-English books or books translated into English.